Hasta La Gadget!

Whoosh. As fast as a ninja can swoop in for a kill, Taiwanese animators have already parodied Tuesday’s bogus news report about Steve Jobs attempting to smuggle ninja stars from Japan.

Bloomberg on Tuesday published a rumor pulled from a Japanese tabloid claiming that Jobs had vowed never to visit Japan again after airport security guards refused to let him bring ninja throwing stars onto his private jet. Apple later said the story was “pure fiction.”

Way to spoil the fun, Apple. Anyway, here’s how it might have looked if the incident had really happened:

Famous for its CG reenactments of news stories about Steve Jobs, Tiger Woods and other celebrities, Next Media Animation is a small animation outfit located in Taiwan. Wired magazine published a feature story on Next Media Animation in this month’s print edition.

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